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A photo of 2024 Grass Fellow Guilherme Gainett in front of a framed art piece showcasing small sculptures of horeshoe crabs

First Genome-Edited Horseshoe Crabs

We may call them “crabs,” but horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to the crustaceans they share their coastal homes with. The four species in existence today can be found along the east coasts of North America and South Asia, descendants of creatures found in the fossil record as far […]